---
title: orderCreateManualPayment - GraphQL Admin
description: |-
  Create a manual payment for an order. You can only create a manual payment for an order if it isn't already
  fully paid.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: mutation
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/orderCreateManualPayment
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/mutations/orderCreateManualPayment.md
---

# order​Create​Manual​Payment

mutation

Requires `write_orders` access scope. Also: The user must have mark\_orders\_as\_paid permission. The API client must be installed on a Shopify Plus store to use the amount field.

Create a manual payment for an order. You can only create a manual payment for an order if it isn't already fully paid.

## Arguments

* amount

  [Money​Input](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/input-objects/MoneyInput)

  The manual payment amount to be created.

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

  required

  The ID of the order to create a manual payment for.

* payment​Method​Name

  [String](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  The name of the payment method used for creating the payment. If none is provided, then the default manual payment method ('Other') will be used.

* processed​At

  [Date​Time](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/DateTime)

  The date and time ([ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format) when a manual payment was processed. If you're importing transactions from an app or another platform, then you can set processedAt to a date and time in the past to match when the original transaction was created.

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## Order​Create​Manual​Payment​Payload returns

* order

  [Order](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Order)

  The order recorded a manual payment.

* user​Errors

  [\[Order​Create​Manual​Payment​Order​Create​Manual​Payment​Error!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/OrderCreateManualPaymentOrderCreateManualPaymentError)

  non-null

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

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## Examples

* ### orderCreateManualPayment reference

## Mutation Reference

```graphql
mutation orderCreateManualPayment($id: ID!, $amount: MoneyInput, $paymentMethodName: String, $processedAt: DateTime) {
  orderCreateManualPayment(id: $id, amount: $amount, paymentMethodName: $paymentMethodName, processedAt: $processedAt) {
    order {
      # Order fields
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
```

## Input

```json
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "amount": {
    "amount": "29.99",
    "currencyCode": "USD"
  },
  "paymentMethodName": "<your-paymentMethodName>",
  "processedAt": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
}
```

##### Variables

```
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/<objectName>/10079785100",
  "amount": {
    "amount": "29.99",
    "currencyCode": "USD"
  },
  "paymentMethodName": "<your-paymentMethodName>",
  "processedAt": "2019-09-07T15:50:00Z"
}
```

##### Schema

```
input MoneyInput {
  amount: Decimal!
  currencyCode: CurrencyCode!
}
```